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==Developing Your Character==

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===Gaining Experience Points and Leveling Up===

One of your primary goals in Diablo II is the development and advancement of your character. As you play through the game you gain experience points by defeating the evil creatures inhabiting the land. As you achieve certain predetermined levels of experience your character “levels up”. You can check your progress towards the next level by examining the narrow horizontal Experience Bar just above your Stamina Bar. When the bar fills up completely, you gain a level. Moving your cursor over the bar displays your current experience points and the points required to reach the next level.

When you level up, your Life and Mana orbs are refilled and you gain points you can use to improve your character’s abilities. Two buttons appear on your screen: the New Stats button in the lower left and the New Skill button in the lower right. Clicking on them opens up screens that allow you to assign your new points to your Stats and Skills.

===Character Attributes===

'''Experience Points''' - This is the amount of experience that your character has already earned. You gain experience whenever you or your party members defeat monsters in combat.

'''Strength''' - Strength increases the total amount of damage inflicted by your attacks. It is also a factor in equipping weapons and armor. Displayed near your Strength are your attack damage ratings associated with the skills you have selected for the left and right Action Icons.

:: '''Attack Damage''' - The top Attack Damage field represents the damage for the skill that’s currently selected in your Left Action Icon, while the bottom Attack Damage field represents the skill selected in the right Action Icon. Whether the action is an attack, a skill, or a spell, the damage displayed in the field represents the current action. The higher the number the more damage your character can do per attack. If a field is blank, then the action selected in that slot does not directly cause any damage.

:: ''When playing as a Barbarian, and wielding two weapons, you see two numbers within these fields. These numbers represent the Attack Damage for each of the weapons held.''

:: '''Mana''' - Mana is your character’s spiritual essence. Each time certain skills are used, such as the Fire Bolt of the [[Sorceress]] or the Double Swing of the [[Barbarian]], some of this Mana is consumed. When you run out of [[Mana]], your character is temporarily unable to cast spells or use certain skills. Over time, your Mana regenerates.

'''Fire Resistance''' - The likelihood that you will resist damage from a fire attack. The more resistance you have, the less damage you take from fire attacks.